Channel adjustments of the lower Trinity River, Texas, downstream of Livingston Dam

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1419-1439

  Phillips, Jonathan D ^a   Slattery, Michael C ^b   Musselman, Zachary A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Channel adjustments; Channel morphology; Dam effects; Hydraulic geometry; Lake Livingston; Trinity River

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; DAMS; FLOW OF WATER; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDRAULIC MODELS; HYDRAULICS; LAKES; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

CHANNEL ADJUSTMENTS; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; DAM EFFECTS; HYDRAULIC GEOMETRY; LAKE LIVINGSTON; TEXAS; TRINITY RIVER;

RIVERS;

OPEN CHANNEL FLOW; RIVER; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

BACKWATER; CHANNEL CHANGE; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; DAM CONSTRUCTION; RIVER MANAGEMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; TRINITY RIVER [TEXAS]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 29744464883     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1203     Document Type: Article

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